Oil-saving device for journal-boxes.



PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

0. E. ROOD & J. GOBTTBL. OIL SAVING DEVICE FOR JOURNAL BOXES. APPLICATION FILED F3112, 1906.

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CLARENCEE. ROOD, on NEW YORK, N. AND JOHN GOETTEL, or

Bos'roN, MASSACHUSETTS.

Gib-SAVING DEVICE FOR JOURNAL-BOXES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CLARnNonE. Roon, a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, and JOHN GOETTEL, a resident of the city of Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, citizens of the United States, have invented a new and useful Oil-Saving Device for J ournal-Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. l

The purpose of the invention is to provide a construction of journal-boxes for the axles of railway or other vehicles which will efiectively revent the'oil from s illin or leaking there om and to accomplis suc construction without in the slightest degree interfering with the standard construction of such.

boxes.

The invention consists in the novel con struction and combination of the several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth. and

pointed out in the claims. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawin forming a part of thiss ecification,

in Whic similar characters of re erence indicate correspondingparts in all the fi es. I

Figure l is a longitudinal vertical igation through the improved journal-box. Fig. 2 is a transverse section taken practically on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section through the lower vportion of a journal-box, drawn upon a smaller scale and illustrating a slightly different means em-- ployed for holding the oil-gate of the box in' position.

A represents the casing of a standard "ournal-box, and B the front-coveror door t erefor hinged to the casing in; the usual manner.

0 re resents the segmental bearing located in suc boxes; D, the wedge which is introduced Fbetween the upper wall of the casing and the said bearing 0.

E represents the dust-guard, F represents the journal, and F the-spindle-sleeve of an axle F The rear wall 10 of the casing A is provided with the customary opening 11, throu h which the spindle of the axle extends into t e journal-box; .but its rear wall 10 is made to extend out at its sides beyond the sides of the body-casing and likewise is made 'to extend below thelower outer face of the body-casing A, as is best shown in Figs. 1 and 2. A s ace is rovided between the upper portion 0 the sa1d rear wall 10 and the rear end portion of the top of the body-casing, forming thereby an opening 13, through which the dust-guard E is introduced and carried to an eng%gement with the said spindle, as is shown in ig 1, and where the, back plate 10 extendsbeyond the sides of the body-casing A such connection is made between these two parts as to form vertical side pockets 12, extending down from the aforesaid opening 13, so that the side edges of the dust-guard E enter said ockets, as is shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. hese side pockets 12 extend to the bottom portion of the back late 10, and said back plate 10 is connecte at its lower edge with "the corresponding portion of thebottom of the body-casing y means of a stirrup 14, forming thereby a bottom ocket- 15, which is in communication'with t e aforesaid side pockets 12. --A segmental partition 16 extends up from the lower wall of the body-casing A, where the pocket 15 is located, the

upper concaved .edge whereof, as is customary, bein opposite the side and lower portions of t e axle-spindle, and this partition 16 at its central portion is provided with a :vertical opening 17, extending down through the upper edge of the said partition, as is best shown in Fig. 2. An oil-gate G is provided for the said journal-box, 't e lower portion of which oil-gate enters the lower pocket 15 at the rear of the box, and its side portions enter the side pockets 12; This oil-gate G is independent of the body-casing A of the box and 1133 back plate 10 and is likewise independent of the partition 16, being located between the back plate 10 and the said partition 16, as shown in Fig. 1.

The upper edge of the oil-gate G is concave and is provided with a forwardly-extending flange 18 at such portion, so as to have some,- what of a wide bearing on the lower ortion and thelower side portions of the ax espin dle' sleeve F, as is shown in Figs. 1 and 2. When this oil-gate G is in position in the pockets 12 and 15, the lower edge of the gate is removed from the bottom of the lower 5 construction shown in Figs. 1 and 2 a li 19 is formed-upon'the inner or front face 0 the pocket and the upper portion of the said gate G eflectuall closes the lower and lower side portions 0 the opening 11, through which the axle-spindle is passed into the said body-casing, and thus effectually prevents any oil from being lost through this opening 11, which loss is usual under the ordinary type of such journal-boxes, and these 'portions of the opening 11 will be as effectually guarded from a Waste of oil while the oil-gate is in position as are the upper portions of said opening guarded while the dust-guard E is in position. L

r Different ways'may be employed for holding the oil-gate G in its place. Under the oil-gate G opposite the opening 17 in the said partition 16, and one end of a spring 20 has earin'g1 against the under face of said lip, whilet e other end of the'spring is secured in any approved manner to the front lower portion of the body-casing. Thus when it is desired to remove the-wedge-D the journal-box can be jacked up in the usual way, and the oil-gate will then be forced down to the lower J portions "of the ockets 12 and 15,- .placing the springv 20 on er'tension and enabling the wedge to be removed as readily as under the ordinary ype of box. v I I In Fig. 3 the oil-gate G is shown held in position by means of the-rear end of a lever 22 engaging with the under face of the lip '19 of said gate,,which lever is fulcrumed on an ofiset 21 from the bottom ortion of thebod'ycasing A, and the forwar end of this lever is given an upward inclination and is provided with an engaging spring 24, which likewise engages with a lug 23, extendin upward from the forward lower portion 0 the said body easing, the spring 24 serving to force the lever 22t0 hold the oil-gate G in-proper position for service. By the abovede-' scribed spring-su port for the gate the gate is not only hel in engagement with the spindle-sleeve F, but it is forced rearwardly into engagement with the back plate 10,'so that the oil is effectually prevented from es ca ing from the box.

e desire it to be understood that the Q back of the gate G and the opposing face 'of the back plate 10 can be corrugated to insure accuracy of movement of the gate and pre vent oil working up even in small uantities and that a ackingmay be intro need between the two saidparts.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire .to secure by Letters Patent 1. A journal-box having communicating pockets formed at the bottom; and at the sides of its rear portion adjacent to the rear opening in the box. through which the axle passes, the'bottom pocket extending below box.

journal-box, the combination with a boxhaving pockets in the sides and botthe bottom of the box, agate held to slide in said pockets, the upper face of said gate being concaved, and a resilient support extend "ing approximately the length 0 the box and having one end engaging the late and exerting normally upwar on said plate. r

2. A journal-box having side pockets and a bottom pocket adjacent to therear wall of the box and to the axle-receiving opening in said wall, the bottom pooket glxtending below the bottom portion of said box and .hav-

and bac ward pressure ing an o ening in its inner end, a plate moun'ted to side'in said pockets, having an en larged and concaved upp ment with an axle intro uced into said box, said plate normally closing the lower portion er face for engageof said opening while in en agement with the axle, an a spring-control ed means extending approximately the length of the box'and engaging said plate and exerting upward and rearward pressure thereon, a space'intervem ing the bottom of the late andthe bottom of the bottom pocket w en said late is in its, I

upper position, for the purpose es'cribed' r 3. A journal-box having side and bottom pockets at the sides of its rear portion adjacent to the rear openingtherein through which the axle asses, the bottom pocket extending below 5w bottom portion of the box and having an opening in its inner 'wall, a

plate mounted to slide in the said pockets.

and having its upJ er end enlarged and concaved, the late eing provide face with a ip, and a spring-controlled means 'mounted in the box and extending through the opening of the bottom pocket into engagement with-the lip of the said plate. I

4. In a journal-box, the combination with a box having pockets in the sides and -bot-,

tom of its rear portion, a plate mounted to slide in the said pockets, and a springon its inner pressed lever mounted in the-box and having one end engagin the said plate.-

5. In a, journa -box, the combination with a box having pockets in the sides and bottom ofits rear portionadj acent to the, opening therein through which the axle passes, of a plate mounted to slide in the pockets and provided with an inwardly-projecting lip, a fulcrumed in thebox and having one end engaging the li of the plate, and a spring between the end 0 the lever and a-lug of the 6. Ina

tom, of the box and having an opening in its inner wall, a plate mounted to slide in the pockets and provided with a lip on its inner face, a lever fulcrumed on the offset of the names to this specification in the presence of box and having one end extending through two subscribing witnesses.

the opening of the pocket into engagement CLARENCE E. ROOD. with the lip of the plate, and a spring be- JOHN GOETTEL.

5 tween the other end of the lever and the lug Witnesses:

of the box. J. FRED. AOKER,

In testimony whereof We have signed our J NO. M. BITTER. 

